No. 2,000 27 October, 1866 O ur Conservative contemporary, the Globe,
had a sort of manifesto last Wednesday declaring the truly Liberal character of the Tory party. The Tories, it says, are all Liberals now, and the Liberals are mere destructives. 'Liberal principles are better than the Liberals who profess them.' ... In future Conservatism is only to mean 'satisfaction with the Constitution as guaranteeing the progress desired by all, and furnishing the means both for modifying itself as circumstances may require, and for sustaining that advancing march of modern life which all are eager to promote'. We heartily approve of the excellent spirit of these candid remarks, and of the sincere repentance for past sins which they exhibit.... If the Conservatives are willing to do the work of the Reformers, either on the subject of Parliamentary Reform or on any other, we shall never advise the country to repudiate their acts on the grounds of bad party precedents.
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